Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been in deep trouble for some years. The management has changed many times in recent times. The Men in Green have failed to perform in the major tournaments. After their T20 World Cup 2024 failure, there was a lot of controversy with the fans being upset and wanting a change in the system as well. Pakistan lost a test series against Bangladesh for the first time at home.
Ahead of the white-ball tours of Australia and Zimbabwe beginning November 4. They have named their new captain for the white ball series for the forthcoming series. Muhammad Rizwan was on Sunday named Pakistan’s ODI and T20 captain. Salman Ali Agha was named vice-captain of all future ODI and T20 international matches. Pakistan’s Australia tour will include three ODIs and as many T20Is, starting with the opening match in Melbourne (ODI) on November 4.
This will be Rizwan’s maiden assignment as captain. Agha will head the T20I side in Zimbabwe while Rizwan rests under a workload management plan. Pakistan’s visit to Zimbabwe, consisting of three ODIs and three T20Is, runs from November 24 to December 5. The first match, an ODI, will be played at Bulawayo. Babar, pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Naseem Shah returned to Pakistan’s squad for the Australia trip.
Muhammad Rizwan will guide Pakistan to their lost glory
After missing two Tests against England, they have been rested for the Zimbabwe tour. Will Rizwan guide Pakistan to their lost glory? The PCB first announced the squads for the two white-ball trips before naming Rizwan as captain for the ODI and T20I series in Australia, as well as the 50-over match in Zimbabwe. Many new faces have been added to the rosters. Although established players such as Fakhar Zaman and Shadab Khan were not selected.
At a press conference on Sunday, PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi stated that Babar “didn’t want to be captain” and that “no one forced him to resign as captain.” Rizwan, 32, made his white-ball cricket debut in 2015 and has since played 74 ODIs and 102 T20Is, amassing 5,401 runs with four hundreds and accounting for 143 dismissals behind the wickets.
